Daniel Defoe
(1660-1713)

the father of english novel

wos born in london into a puritan family

enconomic difficultes

writer

founder of the Review

start writing novel late in life

died in 1731

Ramo principale

THE NOVELS

Robinson Crusoe

individualism and self-made man

use the first person

cristianity and divine providence

middle class protagonist

robinson goes to the sea despite his father's advice

after his adventures docked in a desert island

published in 1719

he mets friday

he come back in England by a ship